In approaching material frozen in time, we can like Perseus, survive being turned to stone under Medusa’s petrifying gaze, by approaching slowly, indirectly, cautiously, patiently, and symbolically…through the looking glass. If our approach is correct, we can release trapped inspiration and creativity that has been trapped in the unconscious for aeons.
Personally, I feel that the designated roles of victim and perpetrator are much more complex and fluid than a straight off polarisation, however I have found that Nessus and Dejanira, particularly when viewed in intergenerational astrology, and synastry, do point to ingrained themes of abuse and victimisation. Often, this is not cold and calculated abuse but the insidious flowing of repeated trauma through the DNA and bloodlines. That is until someone is designated to bring the shadow material to light. As the astrologer and author Melanie Reinhart (who has written about Nessus) says, the motto for Nessus is “The buck stops here”.
Over the past few months, in my personal astrology practice, I have been looking deeper into Ancestral Astrology and discovering that with a bit of
February’s full moon in Leo occurring at 07.33 GMT opens a gateway into a theme which is constantly discussed and often misunderstood – the dynamics
